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Warrior Lada Dracul (And I Darken) sets out to take the Wallachian throne; her brother Radu stays behind and serves young sultan Mehmed as a spy in Constantinople. Both examine their shifting loyalties and secret motivations as they commit terrible acts in the name of a greater good. Love in many forms brings the siblings pain as well as grace in this evocative historical epic. Glos.